The Travel Diva

Lamborghini Gallardo: The Italian Stallion on its Home Turf

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:33:24 +0100

Automotive Traveler's intrepid London-based road warrior takes off with her husband for a week in Italy behind the wheel of Lamborghini's everyday supercar, the exceptional Gallardo. They had to pry the keys from her fingers when it came time to turn in the car. Lamborghini, the former tractor builder turned supercar...

Coming Soon: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Road Report

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:14:04 +0100

I have very little interest in cars, although I love my silver Fiat Punto which has served me faithfully for the past year, without so much as a flat tyre. I cannot understand why people spend so much time hankering after a Mercedes Benz (or whatever takes their fancy), when...

African Taxis

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:46:08 +0100

Travelling from Dar Es Salaam, heading north to Kenya's main port, Mombasa, the roads were pitted with ruts and potholes, littered with dead animals, washed out in places. On the outskirts of the city, pedestrians would cross the highway from one slum to another, wildly inebriated. Finally, I was on...

Vengeance Is Sweet

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:19:53 +0100

About 15 years ago I worked with a German in Nairobi. Herman Schmee was his name. Short, squat, rotund and greasy, he looked like a troll. He was a creep—and he had a thing for me, the kind of thing which, till this day, gives me the shivers. Nairobi is not...

Gotta Love the UK Government

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:08:21 +0100

Bankers are counting their losses but we're all paying for the risks they took. In the UK (pop. 52-million) unemployment is dangerously nearing 10%. There are more 'For Sale' signs up than lamp posts; home repossessions are running at +100 per day; 45% of UK households have negative cash-flows. Every...